Autism and Dairy Consumption:
A New Connection

Notmilk has previously reported a dairy link to autism, blaming a naturally
occurring opiate in dairy products, casomorphin (also found in organic milk and
raw milk) to attention deficit order and autism. See:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/2640

I have been away from my home base for about 14 days,
and before I left, four readers responded to a Notmilk
column by asking:

"If ADHD and pesticides are linked, have there been
recent peer-reviewed publications linking pesticides
in milk to autism?" The 10/19 column:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/4156

I had not heard of one, but I investigated the issue.

Here is what was found:

The August, 2011 issue of the journal of Occupational and Behavioral
Medicine included a study in which behavioral impairment in children was
correlated to levels of excreted pesticide residues in their urine.

Researchers at the University of Florida (Xu, et. al.) determined that
groups of children with low and high trichlorophenol levels and high
trichlorophenol had a higher level of behavioral impairment than children
who tested for levels below the limits of detection.

Trichlorophenol pesticides are presently not regulated by the Food and
Drug Admistation. You can buy one metric ton for about $1,000 plus shipping
directly to your door.

"Indeed, the largest contributors to daily intake of chlorinated
insecticides are dairy products, meat, fish, and poultry."
- Living Downstream, by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.

Consider: It's in the milk and 40% of our diet is dairy.
Consider: 10 Lbs. of milk are needed to make 1 Lb. of cheese.
Consider: 12 Lbs. of milk are needed to make 1 Lb. of ice cream.
Consider: 21 Lbs. of milk are needed to make 1 Lb. of butter.

Do you ever get a "brain fog?" If you continue to consume dairy, do you doubt
that dairy affects adults in the same manner it might affect children, or do you
imagine that age offers one an immunity from opiates and pesticides?

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